Automatic weighing-machine.



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APPLICATION FILED HAB. 29, 1907.'

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EDwARD D. e.m'rsn,or Baastian.rams.v l f"'--'-f\ UTOMATIC WEIGHING-MACHINE.

-App1ication led. March 29, 1907. Serial No. 365,388.

To all whom it 'may concern: I

Be it known that I, EDWARD D..C \1rrER, a citizen of the United States, residing at renham, in the county of lYashington and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Automatic 'eighing-Machine, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in automatic weighing machines.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive and accurate automatic weighing machine, having a plurality of compartments to receive the material to be weighed, and adapted to lessen theA flow of material as the scale beam approaches the poising point, and capable of rapidly changing the position of the compartments to shift the full compartment from beneath the supply spout or hopper and transfer the empty compartment to the same, whereby an accurate weighing of the material is eil'eeted without entirely cutting ofll the flow of the material and permitting the same to clog within the supply spout or hopper.

vWith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and iointed o ut in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and miner detailsof construction, within the. scope of the claims, -may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

in the drawings:-l*`igure 1 is an elevation of an automatic weighing machine, constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. .2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view, taken substantially on the line 3 3 of `Fig. 2. lFig. 4 is a vertical sectional view, taken substantially on the line 4-4 of `Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view, taken substantially on the line 5 5 of 1 `ig.f2. Fig. 6 is a plan view, illustrating a modification of the. invention. Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view of the same.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.1 i

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Patented Aug. 4, 1908.

The weighing mechanism consists esseni tially of a lower approximately horizont-al pivoted frame 1 upon which a receptacle Z 55 1s mounted, and an upper scale beam 3, which is connected at one end with the pivoted frame 1. The pivoted frame 1 is composed of two sides and a connecting transverse portion 4, located at one end of G( the pivoted frame, and the sides thereof are provided at the other end of the pivoted frame with downwardly projecting knife edged pivots 5, which are arranged in suitable bearings G. to two of the legs or standards 7 of a main The main frame is provided with inclined corner standards 7 and S, connected at their upper ends by horizontal top bars 9,

4and at. points between their ,ends by upper 7I and lower cross bars 10 andll, The main frame, however, may be ofany other preferred construction, as will be readily understood.

. The scale beam, which is in the form of a 7 iivoted frame, is provided with spaced sides, located exteriorly of the main frame and connected at one end of the beam by a transverse bar or member 12, to which is secured a short centrally arranged outwardlyv pro- S jecting arm 13. The arm 13, which is provided with laterally extending attachedportions 14, has knife edged pivots 15, extending laterally from the arm at a point beyond the transverse bar or member 12. The E knife edged pivots 15 receive a substantially U-shaped link 16, provided at opposite sides with openings into which the said pivots 15 extend, and the lower portion of the link 16 is engaged by a hook 17 of a rod 1S, which is S provided at its lower end with an eye 19. The eye 19 receives a hook 2O of the lower pivoted frame 1, which has its sides arranged between the standards of the main frame. The hook 2O is provided with a threaded f shank 21, piercing the transverse portions 4 of the pivoted frame 1 at the center of the said transverse portion, and adjustabiy secured tothe same by nuts 22. The nuts are arranged at the inner and out-er faces of the transverse portions 4 of the pivoted frame 1, and the connection between the lower end of the rod 18 and the pivoted frame 1 enables the weighing machine to be adjusted, when rlhe bearings 6 are secured 6 .the scale beam, but the knife edged pivots 23 may be connected with the sides of the scale beam in any other preferred manner. vided with suitable graduations 2G and have adjustable weights 27, slida'bly mounted ou them and providedwith set screws 2S for securing the weights in their adjustment- Either one or both of the weights may be moved outwardly along t-he sides of the scale beam to arrange the machine for weighing a charge of material of the desired weight, and

4the free ends of the sides of the scale beam operate in suitable guides or keepers 29, mounted on the standards 7 of the main frame and limiting the oscillation of the scale beam.

The receptacle is divided into two compartments 3() by a centrally arranged parltition 31, and the end walls 32 are downwardly and inwardly inclined. The partition 31 is provided with a forked lower portion 33, forming inclined walls at the lower endsof the compartments 30. The side walls 34- of the receptacle are open or eut away between the forked port-ions 33, and the receptacle is provided with brackets 35, having bearing openings 36 for the reception of a transverse shaft 37, which is mounted in suitable bearings 3S of the pivoted frame 1. The brackets 35 are provided with vertically and horizontally disposed arms, which are suitably secured to the receptacle. The receptacle is adapted to oscillate on the transverse shaft to carry its compartments successively beneath a supply chute or hopper 39, suitably mounted between the top bars 9 of the main frame.

The compartments 30 of the receptacle are provided at. their lower ends with hinged doors oi gates 40, having shafts or pintles 41 attheir inner edges.. The shafts or pintles, which are suitably mounted on the receptacle, are provided with weighted arms 4t2,

located at the opposite sides of the receptaclev so as not to interfere with the movement of each other, and adapted to close the doors or gates autonmtically, when the compartment is empty. The weights 43 are slidably mounted on the arms 42 and are secured in their adjustment by set screws.' Y

The hinged doors or gates are automatically locked in their closed position by means of catches 44, consisting of arms depending from horizontal shafts or pivots 4 5 and provided at their lower ends with bev- The sides of the scale beam are pro-4 eled heads for engaging the' doors or gates at the free edges thereof, as clearly illus trated in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The

shafts or pivots 15 of the catches are provided wit'n outwardlyextending arms 16, located above and -arranged to engage relatively fixed tripping devices4, consisting of arms or pieces secured to the lower pivoted frame, and arranged in the path of the arms 46 of the catches. The outwardly extending arms 46 of the catches have sufiicient weight to swing the catches inwardly into position for engaging the free edges of the hinged doors or gates, and the latter are adapted to automatically engage the beveled heads of the catches'.

The oscillato 5' movement of the weighted arms 42 of the hinged gates or doors is limited by adjustable stops 4S, mounted on the receptacle at the opposite sides thereof and consisting of' horizontally disposed substantially L-shaped plates A or members, provided with attachment portions and having outwardly extending portions arranged to engage the weighted varms -to prevent the same from swinging beyond the center The attachment portions are provided with longitudinal slots 49, and are adjustably secured to the receptacle by means of screws 50, which enable the stops to be moved inwardly or outwardly to secure the desired operation of the weighted arms. The outwardly extending portions of the weighted arms are adapted, when the receptacle is oscillated, to swing the weighted arms towards the center of the receptacle to effect apositive closing of the hinged gates or doors. 1

The supply spout or chute is provided a opposite sides with depending shutters 51, hinged at their nppernedges to the supply spout or chute and extending belowthe plane of the upper edge of the central partition 31, and arranged to be operated by the same. 'hen the oscillatory receptacle is at the limit of its movement in one direction, as' illustrated in dotted lines. in Fig. 3 of the drawings, the hinged shutters hang in a vertical position and are located beyond the central partition. .is soon as there is suflicieiit material within the compartment, beneath the supply spout or hopper, to over-balance and oscillatc thev vterial, so that as the scale beam approaches the poising point, the material will be fed slowly into the receptacle, 4whereby the accuracy of the weighing machine is greatly iis increased. i material is not entirely cut ot during the continuous weighing operations, there will be novliability of the material clogging within the supply spout or hopper.. This oscillatory movement of the receptacle is limited or interrupted by means of stops or catches 52, arranged in the path of lugs or projections 53 of the receptacle. Both the lugs or projections 53 engage both of the stops or catches 52 at the. right hand side thereof when the left hand compartment is tilling, and they both engage the [opposite faces of the stops or catches 52 `when the other compartmentis lillinff. The stops or catches, which are located at opposite sides ofthe receptacle', are provided with slotted shanks or plates 54, which are adjustably secured to the horizontal top bars 9 by means of screws 55, vor other suitable fastening devices. These slotted plates or shanks 54 are arranged vertically, and the stops or catches are vertically adjustable to secure the desired engagement of the same with the lugs or projections/)f the receptacle. The lugs or projections 53, which are also provided with slotted plates or Shanks, are adjustable horizontally to engage the sto s or catches 52 at the proper time to linut the initial oscillatory movement of the receptacle. 'Instead of employingtwo sets of catches or lugs at each end of the recepta cle, as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, the weighing machine may be equipped with a single set, as illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7 of the drawings. When the single set is employed, 'the stops or catches 52 and the lugs or projections 53a are arranged centrally of the machine and are adjustable as before descrita-wl. The stops or catches .32 are mounted on cross bars 52? of the said frame, and suitable brackets 5.5b are provided for supporting the 'lugs or projections 53a.

When the receptacle. receives its full charge of material, the scale beam is raised and the receptacle moves downward beyond the stops or catches, and it swings quickly to the linut of its oscillatory movement, thereby carrying the empty compartment beneath the supply spout or hopper. This linal oscillatory movement operates` to produce a positive closing of one of the hinged gates or doors, and it carries the outwardly extendingr arm of the catch of the other hinged gate or door into engagement with the trip to discharge the contents ol" the full com iartment. As soon as the catch is disengagedk from the hinged door or gate, the weight of the material opens the same. The time between the end of the initial oscillatoryv movement and the final oscillatory movement of the recepv tacle may be gaged or controlled by oppo Also as the feed' or Aflow ofthe site adjustable stops 58, consistingr of screws mounted in threaded perforations-of plates orbrackets.) and arranged to receive the receptacle at the limit of the iinal oscillatory movement thereof. rlhe plates or., brackets 59 are mounted on the top cross piece 1U, and by adjusting the screws outwardly the .weight of the material necessary to produce the initial oscillattny movement 'of receptacle is increased, thereby lessening the amount.. of material necessary to effect the final oscillaltory movement of the receptacle.

r[he mam trame is providedbelow the receptacle with a. pair of bag receiving chutes 60, having outwardly extending flanges spaced apart. The tlanges form a supporting ledge for a bag or sack, a-nd when the weighing machine is rapidly operated, two persons may adv-antageously handle the bags` or sacks. Y Also the discharge chutes are. arranged in convenient position for enabling one person to handle the bags or sacks. rl`he -hinged doors or gates arel arranged to swing downwardly against the inner lside walls of the bag receiving chutes, and they assist in directing the material into the same.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Yatent, is:--

l. A weighing machine comprising a main frame, a horizontal frame arranged within the main frame, means for pivoting the horizontal trame to the main f rame at one end, a scale beam arranged outside the main frame and composed ol two bars connected by a cross bar at one end, means Vfor pivoting the scale beam at the end opposite the horizontal frame, and means for connecting the scale beam wnh thevlmrizontal frame.

2. A weighing machine. ctnnprising a main trame, an approximately horizontal frame extending across the main frame and pivoted at one end to the same. at one side. thereof, a scale beam fulcrnmed at the opposite side ot the mainframe, a link connecting the free. end of the mainframe with the scale beam, means carried by the horizontal frame tor adjusting the link inwardly and outwardly, and a rc eeptacle. mounted on the horizontal frame at a point vbetween the ends thereof.

In a weighing machine, the combination of a movable frame pivoted at one end, a hook located at the other end of the frame having a threaded shank piercing the same, nuts arranged on the threaded shanks and securing the hook in its adjustment, a rece tacle mounted on thepivoted frame, a sca e beam located above the pivoted frame, and a link connection extending from the scale beam and engaging the said hook.

4. In a weighing machine, the combination with weighingmechanism, of an oscillatory receptaclemovable laterally and npwardly and downwardly with the weighing 4s v v'semen mechanism, means located in the path of the means arranged to receive the receptacle atvthe ends of its oscillatory movements.

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5. In a weighing machine, the combination with an oscillatory receptacle movable upwardly and. downwardly and also laterally, and two seiies of stops at each side, one series being engaged and disengaged by the receptacle in the upward and downward movement thereof, and the other series by its lateral movement only, the last-mentioned stops engaging the receptacle at the end of its lateral movement and lying outside the firstmeiitioned stops.

6. ln a weighing machine, the combination with weighing mechanism, of an oscillatory receptacle movable upwardly and downwardly with the weighing mechanism, means located in the path of the receptacle for checking or stopping theoscillatory movement of the receptacle. between the ends thereof, and adjustable stops arranged to receive the receptacle at the ends of its oscillatory movement.

7'. In a weighing machine, the combination with weighing mechanism, of' an oscillaory receptacle mounted on and movable upnieolianism, adjustable stops between which the-.receptacle oscillates, catches located at integiediae points between the stops, and

` vaijdly and dowmvardly with the weighing ineai s carried by the receptacle for engagement -vitl t'ne catches for checking or stopping th il( cillatory movement at an intermediate poiirt, .said means being disengaged from the catches by the downward movement of the receptacle.

S. In a weighing machine, the combination with weighing mechanism, of an oscillatory receptacle movable upwardly and downwardly with the weighing mechanism, )rojectioiis mounted on the receptacle and adjustable inwardly and outwardly, and fixed catches arranged in the path ol' the projections` and adjustable upwardhr and downwardly, said projections` being arried out of engagement with the catches by ythe downward movement of the receptacle."

9. ln a weighing machine, the combina.- tion with weighing mechanism, of an oscillatory receptacle having a plurality Ofcompart ments and carried by the weighing mechanism, means for feeding material to the receptacle, said means embodying movable shutters arranged in the path ot the receptacle and automatically operated by the same for reducing the flow of material as the weighing machine approaches the poising point, and means for checkingr or stop ing tho oscillatory movementof the receptaclie while the same is in engagement with the-said shutters.

10. [n a weighing machine, the combination with weighing mechanism, of an oscillatory receptacle ha ving a plurality 'of compartments and carried by the weighing incohanism, and means tor tceding material te the receptacle, said means having movable slnitments and carried by the weighing mechanism, and means for feeding material to the receptacle, said means having depending hinged shutters arranged in the path of and automatically operated by the receptacle for reducing the ilow of material.

12. In a weighing machine, the combination with weighing mechanism, of an oscillatory receptacle carried by the weighing mechanism and having a partition dividing the receptacle into compartments, and a supply spout or chute having hinged `shutters arranged to be automatically operated by the partition.

13. In a weighing machine, the combination with weighing mechanism, 'of an oscillatory receptacle movable upwardly and downwardly with the weighing mechanism, said receptacle having a ct'nnpartmeiit dividing it into a plurality ol compartments, catches' oli the receptacle. at an intermediate point, and a v.supply spout or chute having hinged shutters arranged in the path of the partition and adapted to be operated by he same, said receptacle being carried out of engagement with the catches by its downward movement.

14. In a weighing machine, the combination of weighing mechanism, a plurality of bag-receivii'ig spouts, and an oscillatory receptacle carried by the weighing mechanism and arranged to discharge alternatelyinto the said sponts, said receptacle being provided with hinged doorsor gates to engage and direct thel material into said spouts.

1:3. A weighing machine comprising a hoi'i- '/.ontal frame pivoted at one end, a receptaelet having two compartments andpivoted to the frame at a point between the said compartments, gates for said compartments at the bottom, a scale beam located above-.the pivoted frame and pivoted ati the end (niposite `100 arranged to check the oscillatory movement 

